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Interim activity continues, and in our meetings there has been very significant data provided. During the IJC on labor and industry last week, Dr. Kate Akers of the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics reported that nearly 63 percent of Kentucky public high school graduates were college and/or career ready in 2014. While the numbers are an increase over previous years, it is difficult to compare with other states because Kentucky is unique in this measurement.

Three months ago, when the Washington Post ran a story comparing peak broadband internet speeds among the states, the news for Kentucky was not good: We came in last, behind Arkansas. Our rate is half of what can be found in Virginia, which placed second.

Our current workplace culture includes more generations working together than ever before. For the first time in history we have four generations in the workplace at one time – traditionalists, baby boomers, Gen X and millennials. Such a diverse group of people working together can create challenges for workplace culture, but this also provides an opportunity for employees to learn and grow as a team.

Friday, June 19, would have been David Litsey Jr.’s 25th birthday.
To mark the occasion, his family and friends gathered at his grave in the St. Augustine Cemetery. Balloons were passed out with a message on the side: “It’s been a long day without you my friend, I’ll tell you about it when I see you again!”
As the family gathered to remember, someone read a poem, “The Loss of a Cousin.”
Everyone released their balloons, and David’s mother, Linda, led a prayer.

You’ll have to forgive me, but I’ve been searching the Enterprise archives again.
I recently found two columns that my dad wrote – one before my twin sister and I were born and one soon after we were born. I thought it would be fitting to publish both of them in honor of Father’s Day, which is Sunday.

I have been involved in the Boy Scouts of America program since I was 12 years old. Many think Scouts is just something for boys to do for fun, and in some ways that is true. However, fully completing the rankings and earning the rank of Eagle is a fairly rigorous challenge. In order to become an Eagle Scout, one must complete 21 merit badges, serve in positions of leadership for several months, complete a community service project, and this all is in addition to prior completion of the other five ranks.

The approval of new laws may be a wintertime activity, but in most cases, this legislation doesn’t actually take effect until the heat of summer. Unless a law has an emergency clause or a specific enactment date, it becomes official 90 days after the General Assembly completes its work. This year, that falls on June 24.

In 1913, when the automotive industry first set up shop in Kentucky, few then could have imagined just how much of an impact it would have on the commonwealth in the decades ahead.
It all began on South Third Street in Louisville, where 17 employees could assemble up to 12 of Ford’s Model T vehicles on a good day.
Now, we churn out more than 3,500 a day on average at our four assembly plants, or about 1.3 million a year. That’s a traffic jam stretching from Seattle to Miami.

Throughout Kentucky, tourism is playing a greater role in local economies and the Lincoln Trail region is no exception. Our region’s rich history, beautiful natural landscapes, ability to quench the world’s thirst for bourbon and much more not only make our region a great place to live and work, but also a great place to visit.